Mark 15.15-25 Day 4 These men were not content to whip Jesus with the flagellum. They were not content to mock Him and ridicule Him. According to verse 17, they had placed a crown made of thorns on His head. And, in a final act of cruelty, they took the reed they had placed in His hands and they beat Him with that stick and they spit in His face. Then, they took their purple garment off Him, reopening wounds that had begun to dry, and led the bleeding, broken, humiliated Christ away to put Him to death. This is a picture of God’s grace in action. Just so you remember, this is God they are beating, mocking, spitting upon. This is God, Himself, they are abusing! He created these very men. He possessed the power to destroy them by merely thinking about it. Had He wanted to, He could have summoned countless angels to go to battle for Him and to destroy His abusers, Matt. 26:53. What does it speak to you, that Jesus endured all this out of obedience to His Father and love for you? Try to put that into words today, with someone close to you.